FNUS75 KPIH 062155
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
355 PM MDT TUE SEP 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1512 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON BUILD
UP WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD BACK IN BRINGING IN DRIER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. HIGH ELEVATION AREAS WILL CONTINUE WITH VERY LOW
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. LOOK FOR JUST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE BUILD UP ON WEDNESDAY.
MORE MOISTURE STARTS TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE AREA BY THE END OF
THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR BETTER CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND INCREASE HUMIDITIES.

.THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 TO 10 MPH AT REQUEST...
                    OTHERWISE BECOMING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 6 TO
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH
                    IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN EVENING. HAZE
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48 TO 52.
RH..................MAX 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
                    HAZE THROUGH THE DAY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72 TO 76.
RH..................MIN 10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.  HAZE THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50 TO 54.
RH..................MAX 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO
                    6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WYATT
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110906.SADDL.02/PIH